Shambaugh: Registration opens for region rec basketball

Monday

Fayetteville-Cumberland Parks and Recreation and Hope Mills Parks and Rec will accept registration at their respective rec centers.

FCPR will offer leagues for players ages 7-17. Five- and 6-year-olds can sign up to participate in a Saturday-morning instructional program to development fundamental skills.

FCPR sign-up is $20 per player through January 1. Late registrants will be taken is space allows at a cost of $25.

Basketball falls under FCPR's traditional sports zone regulations. Players must play within their zone determined by their residence. Three proofs of address and a birth certificate for age verification will be required for all participants.

The full list of zone and age regulations can be found at fcpr.us or by visiting your nearest rec center.

HMPR is offering basketball for $30 for the first player and $20 for each additional sibling.

Hope Mills requires a birth certificate and proof of address to register. Sign up Monday through Saturday at the town's rec center on Rockfish Road.

Call FCPR at 433-1547 or HMPR at 426-4105.

Crossover tryouts

The Fayetteville Crossover men's semi-pro basketball team will hold tryouts for its 2014 season next month.

The team, which is entering its third season with the Tobacco Road Basketball League, will hold open tryouts for the team Nov. 23 at 8 a.m. at the John D. Fuller rec center, also know as The RAC.

Entrance into The RAC on tryout day will cost $10 for everyone, whether you're trying out or not.

The RAC serves as the Crossover's home facility during the regular season. The RAC also hosted the TRBL's 2013 postseason tournament. The 2014 season is set to begin in March.

The TRBL expanded to 10 teams, most of them from North and South Carolina, in its second season last year.

The league has already added four teams for the upcoming year: the Neuse River Basketball Club from Johnston County, Durham's Bull City Legacy, and South Carolina-based teams Palmetto Flight and S.C. Allstars.

The Crossover finished 7-5 last season.

For more information about tryouts, contact Crossover co-owner Patrick Dupree at 910-977-2954.

Staff writer Jaclyn Shambaugh can be reached at 609-0651 or shambaughj@fayobserver.com.

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